--- title: "Colombia" url: https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/colombia/ publisher: "Not For Sale" --- Americas · Where we work # Colombia How Not For Sale works alongside communities in Colombia to address root causes and build lasting change. [Support this project](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/colombia/?campaign=770665) Colombia · Planet ## La Pedregoza and Sacred Seeds Garden Not For Sale’s [planet](https://wearenotforsale.org/learn/what-is-ecocide/) work in Colombia supports two Tree-Nation projects: La Pedregoza and Sacred Seeds Garden. Deforestation in Colombia rose by over 40% in 2024, driven by pasture conversion, coca cultivation, illegal roads, and fires, with most loss concentrated in the Amazon. By the numbers 3,320 Trees planted 3.3 Hectares reforested 974 Metric tons of CO₂ sequestered [View on Tree-Nation](https://tree-nation.com/projects/la-pedregoza) ![La Pedregoza reforestation, Colombia](https://tree-nation.com/thumbs/1080x660/https://treenation-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/project-978badaa2455995b7be2545dfabaf166.jpg) ### Why This Matters Armed groups, miners, and ranchers compete for cleared land in Colombia’s Amazon, while displaced rural people face forced recruitment, extortion, and high-risk migration. On Indigenous territories, illegal cattle ranching supplies global beef supply chains while violently displacing communities. Reforestation here is not just environmental, it is an act of territorial and human protection in a country where [ecocide](https://wearenotforsale.org/learn/what-is-ecocide/) and [forced displacement](https://wearenotforsale.org/learn/what-is-human-trafficking/) are inseparable. [Support this project](https://wearenotforsale.org/donate/) [Support this project](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/colombia/?campaign=770665) #### At a glance Region Americas Focus Survivor care, Prevention, Reforestation Since 2014 [All projects](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/) #### From the news [What Are the 5 Ps of Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/5-ps-human-trafficking/) [Which Organizations Are Fighting Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/organizations-fighting-human-trafficking/) [What Is the Difference Between Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/modern-slavery-vs-human-trafficking/) [How to Help Fight Climate Change in 10 Practical Ways Ecocide](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/how-to-help-fight-climate-change/) [All news →](https://wearenotforsale.org/news/) ## More projects in Americas [View all](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/) Active Americas [Argentina](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/argentina/) View project → Active Americas [Bolivia](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/bolivia/) View project → Active Americas [Brazil](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/brazil/) View project → Active Americas [Canada](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/canada/) View project → Past Americas [El Salvador](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/el-salvador/) View project → ## Help us build freedom, one community at a time. [Donate](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/colombia/?campaign=770665) [Explore all projects](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/)